How Did Romantic Writing Differ From The Romantic Period?

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Writing is a prime way to get one’s point or opinion across to the masses. Whether it is through poetry or stories, both ways have stood the test of time. Two very well known eras of writing are the Romantic Period and the Victorian Period. The writers and poets of both of these periods were alike and yet different in so many ways. Each one no matter how similar they were, each writer was still as different and unique as snowflake. The Romantics often wrote of the beauty of nature, they emphasized individuality as opposed to convention, and imagination is chosen over reason. A good portion of their works were full of pastoral life and symbolism. When it comes to the aspect of nature in Romantic writing take a look at “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron. “She walks in beauty, like the …show more content…

Such as here “Of five long winters! And again I hear” (2) and then in these lines “Of tender joy wilt thou remember me/And these my exhortations! Nor perchance-“.(145-146) The Victorian writers were not as “me” oriented, but more about writing on human misery and “creates a feeling of “pathos”(Touche).” “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold is a prime example of a poem on misery and sadness. He evoked these feelings of sadness onto unhuman, inanimate objects. These feelings of pity and sadness can be felt and understood by just about anyone who reads his words. At first in the poem it seems like it may be a happy poem, a honeymoon poem if you will: The sea is calm tonight The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straights-on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand. Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air!”

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